{"id":42055,"date":"2022-11-29T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=42055"},"modified":"2024-03-23T08:06:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T15:06:45","slug":"q-when-and-where-should-i-upshift-my-porsche-cayman-going-up-the-esses-at-watkins-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-when-and-where-should-i-upshift-my-porsche-cayman-going-up-the-esses-at-watkins-glen\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: When and where should I upshift my Porsche Cayman going up the Esses at Watkins Glen?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Q<\/strong>: \u201c<\/em>I recently started racing my Cayman S at Watkins Glen and I\u2019m hooked! I bought your Virtual Track Walk and my dad gave me your book. You talk about upshifting into turn two at Watkins as you enter the Esses and when I have entered, I\u2019m in third. My thought is I want higher RPMs for theelevation change, usually shifting into fourth after turn 3. Is my thinking wrong here? Do I want to be in fourth through the Esses?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A<\/strong>: It\u2019s going to depend on the car and its gearing. My point is that if you have to shift in the middle of one of the corners through the Esses, it can turn into a handful to shift and steer with a car at the limit. Sometimes you\u2019re better off to shift a bit early before turning into Turn 2 to avoid having to shift in the middle of a corner. Again, it\u2019s dependent on the car – if it\u2019s easy to shift in the middle of a corner without lifting off the throttle, then do that; if you have the car on the limit going through the Esses, then shifting in the middle of a corner may cause the car to be a challenge to keep straight!<\/p>\n

Yes, ideally you want to upshift at the optimum RPM for acceleration. But sometimes you\u2019re better off to short-shift to avoid having to lift in the middle of a corner if you\u2019re stretching the upshift to maximum RPM.<\/p>\n

Also, as you\u2019ve discovered, the Esses at the Glen have what are almost like steps. The steepness changes as you go up the hill, with short sections that are not as steep. In some cars, it\u2019s beneficial to upshift on these \u201cplateaus,\u201d even if it means short-shifting slightly as you\u2019ll lose less speed when you go through the process of shifting.<\/p>\n

Yes, it depends! On your car\u2019s gearing, when you need to upshift, and how comfortable you are when shifting and cornering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q: \u201cI recently started racing my Cayman S at Watkins Glen and I\u2019m hooked! I bought your Virtual Track Walk and my dad gave me your book. You talk about upshifting into turn two at Watkins as you enter the Esses and when I have entered, I\u2019m in third. My thought is I want higher RPMs for the elevation change, usually shifting into fourth after turn 3. Is my thinking wrong here? Do I want to be in fourth through the Esses?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-ross"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42057,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42055\/revisions\/42057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}